Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 45.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #8 Confirmed

Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo Moonshot AI

45.4

Rank #63 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.7 to 31.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 54% for GPT-5.5 and 20% for Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo.
  • Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo specifications
GPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
ProviderOpenAIMoonshot AI
Noometry Index63.445.4
Released2026-04-232025-11-06
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked7121

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.3 (#13), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 38.1 (#166)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena WebDev15121322
LMArena Coding14941454
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
SciCode56.1%—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
GDP.pdf26%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#8), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 31.4 (#72)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
Chess Puzzles54%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14891428
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
CritPt27.1%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.25—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 81.5 (#9), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 45.5 (#62)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#14), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 50.9 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
GPQA Diamond94%84.2%
LMArena Expert15081439
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 47.1 (#11), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 56.5 (#19), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 51.6 (#104)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Non-English14671398
LMArena Chinese15351457
LMArena French14861425
LMArena German14781390
LMArena Japanese14981356
LMArena Korean14611329
LMArena Russian14731390
LMArena Spanish14691407

Instruction Following GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 77.7 (#18), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 74.2 (#103)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following14791403

Long Context GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 43.2 (#99)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Longer Query14841415
CL-bench Life22.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#13), Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo
LMArena Text14711415
LMArena Creative Writing14551373
LMArena Multi-Turn14771414
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 45.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.3 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2 Thinking Turbo has 21.

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